Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-19
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J The Convention at Aberdeen Reported
verbatim-A jolly Row Between tile
North and tile ssoutIi-sectisnnI tissues
Nprnng.
A. Davis, editor OF the Huron Huron
lite. attended The Aberdeen convention ia
the capacity of . reporter aud the fol-
lowing is his account of the affair:
The great and long looked for anti -di.
Vision eliminated IN q grand row, al
about y If. 10. this evening, over a diyi-
sion OF the honors. The fight was on the
account OF the three delegates at large
all beng located north OF the, south ling
of Brown county, and the convention
neutralized all possible effect OF the con.
vention for admission az o whole, by the
CONSPICUOUS inability to prevent q bitter
light between the north and the south
The convention was GALES to order by
IL. u. johnson, after which the call was
read by the secretary. At the close Mr.,
johnson said that he had been requesed
to nominate the following gentlemen for
temporary officers: Chairman Fl. g
Preston OF Dawson; secretaries B. F.
Spaulding, Oass; DR.. Burdick, Clay; W.
w. Goddard, Sioux Falls; and Kellogg
OF Stutsman. He then moved that the
officers named be elected, put the mo-
ton and declared the persons named
the temporary officers OF the convention.
The convention swallowed this dose oil
gall alta gnlp and didn't even make @
wry face.
MIR. Preston thanked the people for
this remarkable honor, and then pro-
decided TO make q speech. He said the
meeting Was not PARTISAN or v%indictive;
that he had always been q diyisioniat,
and would be still, we're it not that he
had come TO the conclusion that division
WAS impossible of accomplishment.
Alter declaring his sentiments for divl-
sion he then exhibited remarkable in
consistency by arguing in favor OF one
grand state.
A committee on credentials was then
appointed: Wilson OF Pemsna, VanEpps
OF Minnehaha, McChesney Of Brown,
ischupe OF Bon Homme, Purcell Of Rich
land, Alloway OF Grand Forks, Burdick
OF CLAY. Arnold OF Edmunds, Peemiller
iof Yankton. Hawes OF Grant, FIemIngton
of Dickeys Moses Of Sanborn, Rosa oil
Sargent, Edwards Of Oaas, and Wilson OF
Faux.
The following were appointed . com.
mittee on permanent organization
Dodge OF Case. McCnmbsr of Riohland
tl3fsnt OF Douglass East OF Yankton,
Huntington OF Day. Gale OF Lincoln
Russell OF Barnes, Ronayne of Aurora,
Fay OF Mcintosh, Allen O! Stutemau,
thompson Of Burieigh, LaIly Of Hamlin
Wilkinson of LaMoure, Gray of Hand
and Griffin OF Walworth.
Az 1:Q6 O'Clock the convention ad-
iourned to 2:3D p. m.
AZ TERNooN SESSION. Z.
Immediately ON the assembling of the
convention the committee on credentials
reported % counties represented, cast
ing 636 votes.
g. G. Bennett OF Dsadwood. which Yves
read to the convention. Although the
letter contained no proxy, . motion pre-
Vailed allowing Gov. Pennington to cast
the vote OF Lawrence county. The com
mittee on permanent organization then
reported as follows:
Chairman-Hon Geo. Rice, Of Moody
Secretaries-B. i. Spauiding, of Cass
W. 3. Kellogg. q ssutsnan, F. NJ
Burdick, OF Clay, w. w. Goddard, of
AAAaA0AuAht ~ = ~ 4ShSu. VA AkluGl4h hUu
ID. ~. Williamson, of Moody.
Ihe report Of the committee WAS
unanimously adopted and Mr.. Rice Was
said he considered this meeting the most
This wal the first time Dakota had ever
unitedly asked for admission. He re-
viewed the division and admission
\ FnOvavn nnfw ay,A stand that rrS akmka ka1
the right to self government without
the consent OF congress-. He then made
q bid for central Dakota support, by
quoting her great wealth and influence
and stating that abe had never received
. dollar in direct appropriation from the
territorial government. Considering
that Mi. Rice was known as q solid di.
viaionist. until the time OF his appoint
ment as attorney general, his sincerity
was taken wish o great many grains OF
allowance.
Up TO this time everything had run
tolerably smoothly, and a few ugly
points were removed by pathetic APP
peals of Governor Pennington, OF Yank-
ton, I'm the interests of peace and
harmony.' The movers OF several mis-
chieyous propositions were induced
TO Withdraw them, and ruptures
we're thus avoided. The first decided
tevidence Of trouble become apparent on
the attempt TO appoint d COMMITTEES Sc
nominate delegation TO present the
conventions memorial al Washington,
The elate program was for q committee
OF fifteen, the names OF which were
doubtless in the ehairInan's pocket
tbs motion was o by Mr. Greene
l chairman az the Csas annntv dalaCat;nn
a delegate from Suily moved to amend
by making the committee q delegate
from each county, o Goddard, oil
MinnehRha, seconded amendment Tor
delegate from each legislative district
Johnson presented q t~elegraphio proxy
rom Custer and got representation TO,
that county, The discssi0n over the
committee question began to get warm
Governor Pennington, who had failed ia
receive his reward for his surrender oil
division principles by being given the
rremaaent Craftsmanship, evidently de-
termined to get glory in some other way,
He pied with zach frequency and fer
vency for 'peAce and harmony" that be
was room dubbed Harmony" Penning-
ton. The proposal to select two dele,
oates from each judicial district, caused
MIR. Greene, of Oass to protest mos:
emphatinally that north Dakota had
given 10000 majority against division
hsnd did not propose TO submit to q plan
that would give her only fonr delegates
against aight for south Dakota. After
much wranslipg . vote was reached on
the county plan which was lost. God.
dafdssl proposition fog leaislative dis.
tricts then caused o sharp contest. in